Bishop
Saint Uar (in the world Peter Alexeyevich Shamarin) was born on October 11, 1880, in the village of Novo-Sitovka, Tambov province, into a poor peasant family. His father died early, and his mother raised the children alone. From the age of six, Peter helped his mother with household chores. After finishing school, the priest took all expenses for the boy's education upon himself, and Peter successfully graduated from gymnasium and seminary. After becoming a teacher, he proposed to the maiden Klavdiya and, having excellently persuaded her mother, they got married. In 1904, he was ordained as a deacon and sent to serve in the Saratov diocese, where they had three children.
In 1910, he was ordained as a priest at the church on the island of Manchinsari. Father Peter engaged in self-education, had a large library, and was knowledgeable in medicine. The parishioners respected him as a popular pastor. In 1914, he was drafted into the army, and after the revolution, he moved with his family to Petrograd. In 1918, his wife and children fell ill with typhus, and Klavdiya Georgievna passed away. Father Peter was left with six orphans.
In 1922, he became a fighter against Renovationism. In 1923, he submitted a request to Patriarch Tikhon regarding the necessity of a bishop. In 1924, he was arrested, but he refused to renounce his priesthood. In 1932, his son, priest Nikolai, was arrested and sentenced to three years.
On August 20, 1926, he was consecrated as the Bishop of Lipetsk. In 1935, the authorities arrested him for anti-Soviet agitation, and he was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment. He spent time in prison until March 1936, and then he was sent to a camp, where he was killed on September 23, 1938. He was buried in the cemetery of the Samarkand section of the Karaganda camp.
